Campaign finances: Mayor Kim Bracey brings four times her challenger

City council president Carol Hill-Evans said she doesn't "think it comes down to dollars."

York Mayor Kim Bracey raised thousands of dollars for her re-election campaign, including a $10,000 contribution from Democrat Tom Wolf, who is running for governor next year.

Her opponent, city council president Carol Hill-Evans, raised one-fourth of that amount but spent $4,410 for the design and display of six billboards.

"I don't really think it comes down to dollars," Hill-Evans said Friday evening.

The campaign comes down to who presents the best issues and platform, she said.

Friday marked the deadline for candidates in the May 21 primary to file their campaign finance reports.

Supporters for Carol Hill-Evans recorded monetary contributions of $9,275 between April 1 and May 6. The committee brought forward $5,278.81 from the last report.

Her committee received a $400 in-kind contribution from Robert Simpson, executive director of Crispus Attucks. The committee also recorded a $100 in-kind contribution from Genevieve Ray, a former city council member.

The Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association's PAC gave $250, and York City Schools Supt. Deborah Wortham chipped in $100.

Hill-Evans also had received some larger contributions as well from people she said she knows who wanted to help her campaign.

The committee listed $6,007.70 in expenditures.

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Bracey for Mayor Committee recorded $37,884.99 in contributions between Jan 1. and April 30. It brought forward $8,740.62 from the last report.

Louis Appell, a local philanthropist and former owner of Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, contributed $5,000 to Bracey's campaign. White Rose Lodge Fraternal Order of Police PAC gave $2,500, and Henry Nixon for Council chipped in $500.